What’s open and closed on Thanksgiving holiday

Tuesday

Nov 20, 2012 at 3:15 AM

Thanksgiving will be celebrated on Thursday, Nov. 22. Many offices and businesses are closed on Thanksgiving Day and some are also closed on Friday, Nov. 23. What follows is an alphabetical listing on our communities and how the holiday may affect local schedules, including trash collection.

ALTON — Town offices will be closed on Thursday and Friday this week and the town landfill will be open on Friday.

BARRINGTON — Town offices will be closed on Thursday in observance of Thanksgiving Day.

BERWICK, Maine — Town Hall will be closed Thursday and Friday to mark Thanksgiving Day.

DOVER — Town Offices will be closed on Thursday and will resume regular hours on Monday, Nov. 26. The Recycling Center and Public Library will be closed on Thursday. Curbside trash and recycling pickup will be delayed one day on Thursday and Friday only. Parking meters will be turned off on Thursday. Parking Manager Bill Simons said the Parking Commission will decide in Friday morning’s meeting if they will continue to keep meters off on Friday in support of Plaid Friday. Stay up to date at www.fosters.com.

DURHAM — Town Offices will be closed Thursday and Friday in observance of the Thanksgiving Day holiday. There will be no trash collection on Thanksgiving Day and Thursdays collection will move to Friday. There will be no commercial trash pick up on Friday. The Library will be closed starting Weds., Nov. 21 at 5 p.m. and will reopen on Sat., Nov. 24 at 10 a.m.

ELIOT, Maine — Town Offices will be closed on Thursday and Friday in observance of the Thanksgiving Day holiday.

FARMINGTON — Town offices will be closed on Thursday and Friday of this week. The Department of Public Works could not be reached to confirm plans for hours of the town landfill.

LEBANON, Maine — The Lebanon town offices will be closed on Thursday and Friday in observance of Thanksgiving. The transfer station will be closing early on Wednesday, operating from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. As normal, the transfer station will be closed Thursday and Friday.

LEE — Town Offices will be closed Thursday and Friday in observance of the Thanksgiving Day holiday.

MADBURY — Town Offices will be closed Thursday and Friday in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Trash collection will not be affected.

MIDDLETON — Town offices will be closed on Thursday and Friday of this week and the holiday will have no effect on the town landfill.

MILTON — Town offices will be closed on Thursday and Friday of this week. The hours of operation for the town landfill are unknown at this time.

NEW DURHAM — Town offices will be closed on Thursday and Friday of this week. The town landfill will be closed on Friday this week but will reopen on Saturday.

NEWINGTON — Town Hall and the Newington Public Library will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 22, and on Friday Nov. 23. The library will be open again on Saturday, Nov. 24. Trash pickup will not be affected. Classes will not be held at the Newington Public School from Wednesday, Nov. 22 through Friday, Nov. 24.

NEWMARKET — Town offices will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 22 and Friday, Nov. 23 in observance of Thanksgiving. Newmarket public schools will be closed on Wednesday, Nov. 21, Thursday, Nov. 22, and Friday, Nov. 23. Trash collection will not be impacted by the holiday.

NORTH BERWICK, Maine — Town Hall will be closed on Thursday and Friday in observance of Thanksgiving. The transfer station will also be closed on these days as well.

NORTHWOOD — The Northwood town offices will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 26, and Friday, Nov. 27 in observance of Thanksgiving. The Chesley Memorial Library will be closed on Thursday and Saturday in observance of the holiday. On Wednesday, the library will close at 4 p.m.

PORTSMOUTH — City offices, the Portsmouth Public Library, public schools and all city recreation facilities will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 22, for Thanksgiving. Trash collection will also be affected by the holiday.

Thursday’s collection of solid waste and recycling will take place one day early, on Wednesday Nov. 21. There is no yard waste collection Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, but there will be normal solid waste and recycling pickup on Friday. The Recycling Center will be open to accept yard waste as usual on Saturday, Nov. 24, between 8 a.m. and noon.

Schools will close on Wednesday, Nov. 21, the day before Thanksgiving, and remain closed for the rest of the week.

The Portsmouth Public Library closes at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 21. The Indoor Pool will close at 4 p.m. Wednesday.

City offices, the library, schools and the Connie Bean Recreation Facility will be closed Thursday, Nov. 22, and Friday, Nov. 23. Spinnaker Point and the Indoor Pool will be open on Friday.

The library will open during regular hours on Saturday, Nov. 24 and Sunday, Nov. 25.

ROCHESTER — The City Hall will be closed Thursday and Friday in observance of Thanksgiving.

ROLLINSFORD — The Town Hall will be closed on Thursday and Friday to mark the Thanksgiving Day holiday.

SOMERSWORTH — Town Hall will be closed Thursday and Friday in observance of Thanksgiving Day.

SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — Town Gall will be closed Thursday and Friday in observance of Thanksgiving Day.

STRAFFORD — The Town Hall will be closed on Thursday in observance of Thanksgiving. The library will be closed on Wednesday and Thursday.

WAKEFIELD — Town offices will be closed on Thursday and Friday of this week. The transfer station will also be closed on both days.

WOLFEBORO — Town offices will be closed on Thursday and Friday of this week. The landfill will be closed on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week and is set to reopen on Saturday.